How do the words “The righteous shall live by his faith” go from a context of hope in hopelessness to the cornerstone declaration of the chief doctrine of the Christian faith?
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07/01/25
As soon as people understand what crucifixion means, the cross becomes offensive.
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06/30/25
This is the third installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”
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07/19/17
Renowned Scottish philosopher, writer, and historian Thomas Carlyle once quipped, “The History of the World [is] the Biography of Great Men.”
07/19/17
Yet, just as the Jews had two choices, true God or no God, the Christian has the same, true Jesus or no Jesus.
07/18/17
One of my favorite things to do in the summer is read out under the shade of my backyard tree. There, I have a reclining chair and small little side table.
07/18/17
If it's not Christ Jesus "for you" they're not delivering the Gospel to you.
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07/17/17
This short series has attempted to show that many, if not all, of the attempts that have been made to reveal or identify tensions or error in Melanchthon’s theology.
07/14/17
It’s a subject that for some comes up every 4th of July. How does the American Revolution square with Romans 13?
07/13/17
Abraham didn’t understand God very well (at least not early on). I don’t say that as a dig against the Patriarch. I don’t think any of us understand God very well either.
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07/13/17
If God is God, He doesn’t need anyone to defend Him. Nor does He need anyone to march for Him.
07/11/17
As long as we hold tight to a life that was never ours to possess in the first place, so long as we refuse to lay down our life so others can live, Jesus can't do a thing for us.
07/10/17
In 1534, Melanchthon was invited to France to defend the Lutheran position to King Francis, who seemed to favor the Reformation.
07/09/17
God in Jesus takes off your shirt of shame, your bitterness, your anger, your guilt, your hopelessness, and drapes these rags on himself.
07/06/17
If affairs always begin by believing lies, then repentance always begins by believing the truth: the truth that you are in the wrong, the truth that you have a God who loves you in Jesus Christ, and the truth that he and he alone can save you not only from adultery but from every sin that seeks to lead you down the path of destruction.
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